Effectiveness of Peer-Led Interventions for Adolescents: A Meta Analysis of Smoking Prevention Program
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Youth and Adolescent Health - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background and Aims: Peer-led intervention is one of the beneficial approaches for preventing adolescents from health risk behavior. So, peer-led intervention may help to prevent adolescents from smoking cigarettes but impact of such intervention has not been studied well. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of peer-led intervention to prevent adolescents from smoking behavior. Methods: Pub Med, PschyINFO, EMBASE, Google Scholar and Cochrane Library were searched from March to June, 2016, with set criteria in review protocol and only randomized control trials were included. Screening and data extraction were conducted and data from eligible studies were pooled. Results: The number of studies included after full text review were three. Three eligible studies’ data were extracted and further analyzed for risk of bias in Revman.5 Three studies targeting smoking behavior were pooled which represent 25,864 adolescents. Meta-analysis revealed that odd ratio of smoking was lower in those receiving peer-led intervention compared to those not receiving peerled intervention. Conclusions: Peer-led intervention may be effective in prevention of cigarette smoking among adolescents but the studies included in the study are less in number
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Babita Thapa
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